The Rajasthan Royals (RR) and the Gujarat Titans (GT) face one another within the West India Derby on the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur in Match 52 of the 2026 Indian Premier League (IPL) on Saturday, 9 Might.
Either side have the identical variety of factors and are in with an opportunity of qualifying for the playoffs. GT, who’re at present on a three-match successful streak, are simply out of the highest 4 resulting from their inferior web run-rate. RR, alternatively, have misplaced their final two matches at their Jaipur residence.
RR vs GT: Toss Replace
Rajasthan Royals‘ stand-in captain Yashasvi Jaiswal known as the coin toss accurately and opted to bowl first. The left-handed batter favored the pitch on which the sport is about to happen and would favor chasing. GT captain Shubman Gill additionally needed to bowl first. The highest-order advised that they may see how the pitch performs within the opening few overs earlier than deciding on the perfect whole they wish to placed on the board.
RR vs GT: Riyan Parag misses out resulting from hamstring pressure
RR’s ordinary captain, Riyan Parag, misses a sport of the IPL for the primary time this season. In the course of the toss, Jaiswal revealed that the right-handed batter sustained a hamstring harm within the earlier sport, which might see him miss out on a few video games. The 2008 champions have Shimron Hetmyer coming into the facet alongside Yash Raj Punja.
RR vs GT: What did the captains say?
Yashasvi Jaiswal, RR captain:
„We’re going to bowl first. I believe the wicket is fairly good and we wish to chase it. Riyan pulled his hamstring final sport, so I really feel he’ll be coming again quickly. Shimron Hetmyer is available in and Yash Raj Punja is available in. That is the 2 guys who’re coming in. I am actually excited, trying ahead to the sport.“
Shubman Gill, GT captain:
„We’d have bowled first as effectively truthfully. We’ve got received one change. Prasidh Krishna comes again instead of Manav Suthar. I believe it is vital to look again at your strengths as a batting group or as a bowling group. What are the issues that has received us a lot success as a workforce. So, there have been some areas that we went again and we mirrored. Many of the video games that we have now performed have been fairly shut. So, it is all about doing that additional effort, placing that, you recognize, if one thing goes effectively for you, having the assumption to have the ability to have that execution. Yeah, I imply, we will see how the primary couple of overs, 2-3 overs go. There’s clearly a par rating and then you definately wish to get 10-15 additional on prime of the cross rating to offer that additional cushion to the bowlers.“
RR vs GT: Taking part in XIs
Gujarat Titans:
Shubman Gill (C), Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler (WK), Nishant Sindhu, Washington Sundar, Jason Holder, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Arshad Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj
Rajasthan Royals:
Yashasvi Jaiswal (C), Dhruv Jurel (WK), Shimron Hetmyer, Donovan Ferreira, Ravindra Jadeja, Shubham Dubey, Dasun Shanaka, Jofra Archer, Tushar Deshpande, Brijesh Sharma, Yash Raj Punja
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